soldiery

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sol·dier·y /ˈsəʊldʒəri $ ˈsoʊl-/ noun [singular, uncountable] old-fashioned  PMAsoldiers 军人，军队

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soldiery• Captain Dean voices the sentiment of centuries of colonial soldiery.• Meet the Gentry, their servants, guests, estate workers and the local soldiery.• And some, and among them Rhodri Parry, had more dangerous and precious things to hide from the retreating soldiery.• Immortalized by the soldiery in the war of 1914-18, Fred Karno's Army lives on as a descriptor of chaotic organization.• The hawks could all-too-easily become tempting targets for the soldiery.• Since the soldiery could only live by looting, the peasantry were rising out of sheer desperation.• Mortimer paused to savour the moment - this was what soldiery was all about, he thought.

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soldiery
sol‧dier‧y /ˈsəʊldʒəri $ ˈsoʊl-/ noun [singular, uncountable] old-fashioned
soldiers

sol·dieryBrE /ˈsəʊldʒəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsoʊldʒəri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable + singular or plural verb] (old-fashioned) a group of soldiers, especially of a particular kind （尤指某种类型的）军队，队伍